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Fabricio Coloccini has denied rumours of fighting on the Newcastle bus. Credit: PA

Newcastle skipper Fabricio Coloccini has denied that players fought on the bus back from their disastrous defeat at Leicester.

The Magpies slipped to within two points of the Premier League relegation zone as a result of their 3-0 reverse at the King Power Stadium last Saturday, prompting a week of blood-letting on Tyneside.

Writing in his programme notes ahead of Saturday afternoon's home clash with West Brom, Coloccini said:

The dressing room after the game was angry at the result and the performance. However, I have read things this week that said there was fighting between the players in the dressing room and on the bus. That is not true at all.

Everything that was said was positive and constructive as everyone is trying their best to push the team back up the league.